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NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors Night 1 Results (5/17/17): Villains, dragons and dives

Dragon Lee and Marty Scurll were both victorious on night one

New Japan Pro Wrestling kicked off the 24th annual Best of the Super Juniors in grand style yesterday, with a stacked card featuring eight good matches, four of which could be described as being great. The show featured the New Japan debut of the newest member of Bullet Club, ‘The Villain’ Marty Scurll, who faced off against long-time rival and 2016 BoSJ winner, Will Ospreay.

Elsewhere Jushin Thunder Liger began his final Best of the Super Juniors against old foe TAKA Michinoku, KUSHIDA took on El Desperado and Ryusuke Taguchi, ACH, Volador Jr. and more were in action.

The show was headlined by yet another thriller between IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi and Dragon Lee. The full show results can be found below.

#1 A Block – TAKA Michinoku def. Jushin Thunder Liger

This was a great way to start the tournament, as two old veterans put on a classic Japanese junior match. Liger worked as one would expect him to in his final tournament, like a man with a lot to prove and nothing to lose.

He still lost this match however, TAKA pulling out the win with a roll up out of an armbar. This was a hot way to start the tournament, helped no end by the lack of Suzuki-gun interference. 

#2 B Block – Volador Jr. def. Tiger Mask

Volador Jr. may well be a sneaky outside bet to win it, and the Mexican superstar began on the right foot with a solid victory over Tiger Mask. TM put in a great performance here, working harder than usual to prove that he can still go with the younger juniors.

Volador was too much for the veteran, pulling out the win after a brutal looking Spanish Fly. 

#3 A Block – Ricochet def. Taichi

Taichi being Taichi this was never going to be great, but his dreary act was balanced out by the sheer wonder of King Ricochet. There aren’t many more fluid wrestlers in the world than Ricochet, and the Future of Flight was able to pick up the win after hitting Taichi with a Shooting Star Press. 

#4 B Block – ACH def. BUSHI

The fourth match of the evening saw ACH and BUSHI meet, with both men continuing the theme of bringing their working boots and putting on a great match.

With the abundance of athletic wrestlers around in 2017 it is easy to forget just how talented ACH is, and it is somewhat baffling that he hasn’t been picked up by WWE yet. BUSHI played his part here too, but it was ACH who got the victory after a Lariat/Brainbuster combo.

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